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MAY 2018 MAY May 28, 2018 2 | Sun City Anthem | May 2018 May 2018 | Sun City Anthem | 3 SUN CITY ANTHEM Community Association ANTHEM CENTER All phone numbers are preceded by area code 702. 2450 Hampton Road ANTHEM CENTER FRONT DESK 614-5864 Henderson, NV 89052 ANTHEM CENTER 614-5800 phone / 614-5813 fax Administration Offices Hours SCA-HOA.org Weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekdays 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. ADMINISTRATION 614-5800 [email protected] Sundays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. General Manager Sandy Seddon Community FITNESS CENTER Association Manager Elyssa Rammos 614-5885 Executive Coordinator Anneliese Gamboa Weekdays 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. CFO Jim Orlick Saturdays 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. COMMUNITY STANDARDS [email protected] Sundays 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Manager James Arteaga 614-5820 INDEPENDENCE CENTER Administrator Desi Rafailova 638-5751 614-5803 FACILITIES [email protected] Weekdays 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Director Shawn Evans 614-5857 Saturday 6:45 a.m. to 7 p.m. Executive Coordinator Juvelyn Beale 614-5863 Sunday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. FITNESS [email protected] LIBERTY CENTER Director Torey Crum 614-5828 [email protected] 2211 Somersworth Drive ACTIVITIES Henderson, NV 89044 Director Danielle Bartle 614-5822 [email protected] 638-5780 Activities Coordinator Pamela McKinley 614-5860 [email protected] Scheduling Weekdays 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Coordinator Jennifer Calarco 614-5867 [email protected] Weekends 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. MEMBERSHIP SERVICES [email protected] Community Service/Assistance Supervisor Debbie Green 614-5816 614-5862 Customer Service Jeanne Fris 614-5817 Community Patrol Ginger Lynes 614-5817 614-6751 RESALE PACKAGES & INFORMATION ECP Escrow Services Elaine Peterson 582-3076 [email protected] Pulte/Del Webb Customer Relations 914-4800 or (800) 664-3089 SCA WEBSITE Website and The Revere Golf Club Information Coordinator Andrew Leary 614-5873 [email protected] 259-4653 Website Assistance [email protected] Anthem Therapeutic Massage SPIRIT ADVERTISING Sales Robert 460-6214 [email protected] 614-5809 Spirit Media AnthemTherapeuticMassage.abmp.com SPIRIT MAGAZINE SUBMISSIONS Buckman’s Grille Coordinator/Graphics Cindy Temple [email protected] 617-5780 CB Graphics The Spirit is a monthly publication of Sun City Anthem Community Association, Inc. (SCACAI). Its primary mission is to provide nonpolitical community information and news to SCACAI members and to build community awareness. Advertising does not influence editorial decisions or content. We reserve the right to refuse advertising for any reason or cause. Information, services, products and materials contained in the Spirit magazine are provided on an “as is” basis with no warranty. SCACAI disclaims all representations and warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to such information, services, products and materials including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement and implied warranties arising from course of dealing or course of performance. In no event shall SCACAI be liable for any damages whatsoever whether in an action arising out of or in connection with the use, inability to use, or performance of the information, services, products and materials available from this publication. 4 | Sun City Anthem | May 2018 Table of Contents 6 Board of Directors 8 Board Meetings/Contacts 10 Committee Reports 14 Record Request Form 14 2018 SCA Photo Contest 16 Community Service 33 18 Community Patrol 19 COO, General Managers Report 19 Emergency Preparedness 20 Community Standards 20 Viva Volunteers 22 Activities - Seminars 23 Freedom Hall Theatre 24 Excursions 25 Events 26 Fitness 40 28 SCA-TV 30 Club Contacts 31 Club Reports 72 Service Directory Advertisers Index 71 AARP Driver Safety 33 Nevada Eye Physicians 59 Ace Patio Covers 31 On the Spot Air 53 All Access Garage Door 43 One Reverse Mortgage 52 75 Anthem Village Dental 35 Pebble Stone Coatings 45 Badger Plumbing 15 Precision Garage Doors 7 Berkshire Hathaway - Burgoon Team 2 Proudfit Realty 37 Boston Scientific 29 Pure Plumbing 76 Cassady Law Offices 21 Realty One Group - Laura Au-Yeung 74 Chanwell Medical Clinic 51 Revel 55 East-West Blinds & Shutters 49 Revere Golf 3 Fairless Homes General Contractor 17 Sheperd Eye Clinic 47 G & B Fence 9 Station Casinos 57 Jack Dish Plumbing 39 Sun City Healthcare 45 JD’s Wealth Management Group 11 Southwest Medical 62 41 McMillan & McMillan Painting 13 Windermere Anthem Hills May 2018 | Sun City Anthem | 5 Sun City Anthem Board of Directors logic that produced Ptolemy’s President’s Report view of the earth as the center of the universe. Keeping Our Nest Clean The people engaged in this In the annals of the corporate experience, stories of disgruntled type of thing are, fortunately, shareholders taking actions to embarrass and harass the countable on one hand. And it’s companies they invest in are legion. Usually these take the form likely that the vast number of of outrageous conduct at the annual shareholders’ meeting. But our homeowners are even aware of late, with the advent of social media, such attacks have become that this is an issue at all. more sophisticated and carry with them the possibility of doing The majority of residents with more harm. concerns or suggestions for im- These efforts usually have little effect on the management of the provement manage to address company but can have an impact on the price of company stock. them with Administration or This is a well-established fact and even has a name: “shareholder the Board in a socially acceptable fashion. They are responded to activism.” Not all such activism is mean-spirited, to be sure; in the same manner. Most blog owners take the time to ask the however, some do raise the question: Why would a person take Board’s position or verify the validity of information floating on actions that seem only designed to damage their investment? the wind before reporting on it and taking an editorial position. In this column in December, I commented on the low point of That’s being conscientious and provides a value to the community. discourse the Association had reached during the Recall attempt On one level, the impact of social media crudeness is ineffective. to remove the majority of the Board. I mentioned that on some It says more about the messenger than the message. blogs, in emails and in public, those targeting the Board and But it raises the question whether the only other impact is on Association management resorted to purposeful misstatements, our property values. Much of what is on blogs finds an eternal allegations of fraud, and assertions of corruption absent of factual digital home on the Internet. Any prospective SCA buyer can support. These were sown like seeds, apparently with hope that easily Google our community and stumble across some of these enough fertilizer would make some of them grow. Name-calling rantings. Because they read like a bad restaurant review, the was also prevalent. buyers may choose to go elsewhere. I’ve recently talked about the Board’s work over the past four ...raises the question whether the only years to change its policy governance approach and to correct an inefficient management model that had created our past other impact is on our property values. infrastructure and financial difficulties. Both were changes desperately needed to fix our problems, and we are enjoying a rewarding measure of success for our efforts. I wrote that article after the Recall was declared dead because the targeted directors were unable to comment during the recall Change is a constant which we deal with constantly. Every attempt. But I ended my comments “…hoping this most recent improvement is the result of change; but, not all change results expensive and unneeded experience will encourage more civility in improvement. That’s always a process that’s a source of in approach as the community exchanges ideas about what is best conflict, one which requires a course-correction approach. for Sun City Anthem.” It’s important we all learn to deal with such turmoil effectively and Well, hope springs eternal. with some element of grace. Recently a very small number of those who run some community blogs, having either a personal agenda or a desire to continue their past excesses of editorial spite, have reached a new low. What we seem to see is a mood of defiance in which the mind loses sight of any end except the satisfaction of its own anger. During the current election cycle for Executive Board officers, the incumbent candidates have been attacked as being “bullies and thugs” and “parasites needing elimination.” They are accused of “criminal corruption” and “unlawful conduct.” And our staff is subjected to the same abuse. You’d think you were reading a plot synopsis of a Mickey Spillane novel. Such indelicate language is bad enough, but to support allega- tions of an Association Armageddon, they use the technique of piling guesswork on top of guesswork – it’s the type of backwards 6 | Sun City Anthem | May 2018 May 2018 | Sun City Anthem | 7 Board Contacts / Upcoming Meetings At the regular monthly board meeting Thursday, March 22, MEETING SCHEDULE* the Board discussed or took action on the following: May 2018 through July 2018 • Opened bids for fence painting and security cameras; Thursday, May 24, Executive Session 9 a.m., Greene Room • Reviewed the Unaudited Summary Financial State- ments ending February 28, 2018; Thursday,